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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5160 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
180 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
390 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
660 to 1150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
280 to 1010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
73 to 160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
23 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
22 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
19 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
97.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0

Comparable Variants